Difference between Close and Tight

What is the difference between Close and Tight?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Tight as an adjective is pushed or pulled together.

Close

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed, shut. At a little distance; near. Intimate; well-loved. hot, humid, with no wind.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To put an end to. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An end of something. An enclosed field. A street that ends in a dead end. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. A cathedral close.

Example sentence: Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Tight

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.Soundly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pushed or pulled together.Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.Under high tension.Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.Intimately friendly.Extraordinarily great or special.Unfair; unkind.Miserly or frugal.Scarce, hard to come by.A player who plays very few handsA strategy which involves playing very few hands

Example sentence: Mesut is one of those unique players you see every once in a while. He has the gift of a perfect touch in tight spaces that makes him special.

We hope you now know whether to use Close or Tight in your sentence.

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